New Conservative Party

The New Conservative Party was a conservative political party in Japan that was active from 2000 to 2003. The founding members of the party defected from the Liberal Party of Japan after Liberal leader Ichiro Ozawa decided to leave an alliance with the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan. The NCP dissolved in 2002, but it was re-founded that same year by former members of the first party and new defectors from the Democratic Party of Japan. In 2003, the party agreed to merge into the LDP at Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's request.